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  1. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    I found the 3M large hole filler works great. I used the strip planking method when I rebuilt the RC Guys Piper Cherokee
  2. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Took many light cuts!
  3. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    I use #20 T pins purchased from Amazon by the 1/2 pound, also have larger #28 size for heavy work, these are the the same as the Sig T pins sold. The FAI pins are supposed to be the cat's behind but never used them. I use dressmaker pins from Walmart with a ball tip but about half of the balls...
  4. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    Looks like it saved some work, the fin to the fuselage transition is always a pain.
  5. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    What's the tail off of?
  6. TonyHallo

    Electronic Carburetor/Roto 85 FS Install

    With the carb back on and the throttle servo reset started and ran the engine, lowest possible idle when leaned out was about 1600 rpm, this engine would tick over at just over 1000 rpm with the WT 962 carb installed. When I look at the throttle disc you find the small slot where the idle jet is...
  7. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the parting boards removed and ready to start the upper half of the cowl. No rush only sufficient resin for the tooling coats. More on the way sometime next week. The bottom lay up was 2 tooling coats, 1 layer 1 1/2 ounce cloth, 4 layers of 4 ounce cloth, 1 layer of 40 ounce cloth, that...
  8. TonyHallo

    Electronic Carburetor/Roto 85 FS Install

    Had a little extra time today before going to a late lunch with old friends. Decided to see see if the engine would run. The solenoid is normally open so without power its wide open. Flipped the engine over at high trim with the controller off, no choke, after 15 flips or so it started, shut...
  9. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Have the cowl mounted on the parting boards and two cats of tooling coat applied.
  10. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    Hey, that's progress! They were not going to make themselves!!!
  11. TonyHallo

    Sport Racing plane for 3 cylinder Kolm engine.

    From the guy on year 8 of current build!!!!!!
  12. TonyHallo

    Boost Tabs

    Boost tabs work, there's no question about it. Back when I stated flying giant scale, I used Futaba S148 servos, 48 in-oz of torque, they worked, there was no 3D, surfaces were much smaller than today. Had I known about boost tabs then I would have used them. Today on the same size aileron I...
  13. TonyHallo

    Boost Tabs

    Welcome to GSN.
  14. TonyHallo

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    You got to take that GP38 decal off!
  15. TonyHallo

    For Sale Weatronic BAT 64 brand new, never used

    Top of the line stuff here, I only read about Weatronic products, never seen one. Acquired by Power Box in 2016 and some of their technology ended up the the Power Box CORE.. Thank you for posting and I hope it ends up with someone who will appreciate it.
  16. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    While running the engine the spark plug wire came off one cylinder, I thought it wasn't pushed on far enough so I pushed it back on, after coming off the second time discovered that the temperature sensor wasn't allowing the plug cover to go past the hex. The plug gasket fits into a counterbore...
  17. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    As promised, a short video.
  18. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Take the fuselage outside and work on it! An IPA, a little MEK and have at it.
  19. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    The headlight recess was cut free and positioned closer to the vertical plane and the adjacent corners were filled with Bondo. A 3 1/2" 1/16" thick steel disc was installed at 3 degrees down to define engine center. When it's all said and gone it will be a little closer to the full scale. I...
  20. TonyHallo

    Scale Wendell Hostetler 30% Piper Cherokee Glass Fuselage Build.

    Work on the Cherokee has slowed to a crawl so I decided to rework the cowk for the next build. The front of the cowl is incorrect, the headlight recess is pointing down at 20 degree angle while the actual cowl is closer to flat has shown below. I saved the plug that was used to make the mold...
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